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EHEIM LEDcontrol+ (light setup error)

Lights · Lighting

Not workingLocal

2 reports: 1 says it doesn’t work, 1 asks for support.

Reported with 1 integration: EHEIM Digital.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
EHEIM DigitalNot working LocalEheimDigitalDataMissingError during light setup
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… checking! I've investigated the code flow and I think I've found what's happening: Although the library is supposed to ignore devices with "version":3 (LEDcontrol+), it actually returns an instance of EheimDigitalClassicLEDControl for this device type. Because of this, Home Assistant detects the device as a classicLEDcontrol and proceeds to set up the light entity. When the integration then tries to access attributes (like light_level) that don't exist for LEDcontrol+, it throws the EheimDigitalDataMissingError. So, the library probably needs to ensure it's not instantiating …

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Issue #160502 · 2026-01
EHEIM DigitalRequested LocalDevice type 3 unsupported; full support later
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The problem Hello, I am using the EheimDigital integration on Home Assistant. The integration automatically detected my controller (master), and I added the devices. Two out of three devices were successfully added. However, the Eheim LEDControl+ is not supported and cannot be added. Details: - Device: Eheim LEDControl+ - Device type: 3 (unsupported) - Integration version: - Home Assistant version: - Logs showing the error: 2026-01-07 10:02:52.716 ERROR (MainThread) [eheimdigital] Exception occurred on receiving messages Traceback (most recent call last): File …

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Issue #160405 · 2026-01

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In ReReHome

Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandEHEIM
ModelLEDcontrol+
CategoryLights

Also reported as

  • EHEIM LEDcontrol+